28 Apr 2010

As I saw this Barbour, in the style of a vintage motorcycle jacket, my first thought was, that I would love to paint it. Place it on a chair, paint a still life with it, or whatever. Fortunately I was able to get one of these very rare jackets. The wonderful staff at the Berlin Barbour shop was very helpful. I was even more fortunate yesterday to have Leslie modelling it for me. Of course the jacket is far too large for her, funny thing is, I barely fit into it. But so it goes.

24 Apr 2010

A scene from this afternoon by the river. The empty yellow house could be in the South of France, the tree could be from Tuscanny, the colour of the water from Nizza, but all was here, today, and maybe I should not be comparing to other places as it is in fact on my very doorstep. I should just say, as the ardent lover painted in big letters on the key wall opposite "Nici ich liebe Dich", I should say "Berlin, ich liebe Dich" and follow in my soul the gentleman on his wooden barge into the wild blue yonder.

23 Apr 2010

The Wilhelminenhofstreet coloured by the late evening light, uniting it with its more famous cousins as Unter den Linden and the likes.Die Wilhelminenhofstrasse, vom späten Abendlicht koloriert, und so mit seinen berühmteren Vettern wie Unter den Linden und ähnlichen, vereint.

21 Apr 2010

I don´t know about you, but I find it impossible not to find something in a bookstore that I want to carry home with me. Bargain bookshops especially are a dangerous place for me... my model in this painting today found something too...

(PS: I would like to wish Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, Defender of the Faith a very happy birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUR MAJESTY! )

19 Apr 2010

It is this relatively small silver door that you can see at the background of this painting, that is actually the entrance to the club. From outside it is even more easily overlooked. There is no name on that door either, but then, as I understand it, this is an invitation only club. Lucky me.

18 Apr 2010

In todays painting you see the barman of the Tausend, Mario Grünenfelder , he is, so I was told as I have no knowledge of such things, a very famous barman, passionate about his trade, a star in his own field.

15 Apr 2010

Although this was only a so called sound check I am every time impressed how passionate and intense this band goes about their business. Here Rainer Baumgartner on drums. And he can play the drums, pure magic.

14 Apr 2010

A week ago Lenny, Leonard Svilar, lead guitarist of El Cartel called me, inviting me to a rehearsal at the Tausend ... always an honour and a pleasure to watch musicians of that calibre working. So this is the start of a new series. Todays painting a view from the stage into the club. The big bagel at the back is actually a light installation, real James Bond style, or on the other hand, one would not be surprised to meet Gene Hunt here drowning a few drinks.

13 Apr 2010

A very good friend of mine lives on a busy road. But it does not concern him very much. Every morning when he gets up one of the first things he does is to look through the window, mostly accompanied with a joyful outcry "look, what a wonderful traffic jam" I thought of him when painting todays picture of a man watching the traffic in upper fair meadow.Ein sehr guter Freund von mir lebt an einer stark befahrenen Strasse. Aber irgendwie kümmert ihn das nicht wirklich. Jeden Morgen nach dem Aufstehen schaut er meist aus dem Fenster und ruft fröhlich "schau, was für ein schöner Stau", an ihn musste ich denken, als ich das heutige Tagesbild gemalt habe, das einen Mann zeigt, der den Verkehr in Oberschöneweide beobachtet.

5 Apr 2010

This evening at the Museumsinsel, suddenly the grey clouds gave way to a wonderful warm evening light. Although it is still cold, people just sat down in the grass, to enjoy the promise of more like this to come.

3 Apr 2010

Cambridge won todays traditional 156th boat race against Oxford, if you are interested. In Upper Fair Meadow you can see in the very early mornings all kinds of rowing boats training there, maybe one of them will make it to England one day, to take part in this race of the two universities.

2 Apr 2010

Today quite a different mood, night time, approaching the Alexanderplatz, at the back one of the large hotels. This may not be the finest example of modern architecture, but still, the colours of the night take away some of the loneliness and hardness of the place.

1 Apr 2010

The opposite to yesterdays painting. It is evening, but the subdued light seems very similar to the morning light at the moment. The place here is the shipowning company of Nils Clausen in Upper Fair Meadow.

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